Combined hasp and hook.



PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

T. E.- GRECBLIUS.

AND HOOK.

MAY 24. 1905.

COMBINED HASP APPLIGATIONPILED UNITED STATES PATENT Orton.

THEODORE E. ORECELIUS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO WOODHOUSE HARDWARE MANUFACTURING COM- PANY, OF ST.LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

COMBINED HASP AND HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

J'ratented May 29, 1906.

To all, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE E. CREoEL- IUS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Hasp andHook, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to a device which is of utility as both a hasp anda hook for securing doors or gates and to which a padlock may be appliedto hold the hasp and hook confined within the receiving-staple, throughwhich its free end is passed.

Figure I is a perspective view of portions of the door and its framewith my hasp and hook shown applied thereto. Fig. II is a top view ofthe parts shown in Fig. I.

1 designates the body of my hasp and hook, which is made from a flatpiece of metal and has a quarter-twist 2 therein, providing for thedisposal of the rear portion of the body in one line and the forwardportion of the body in a line at right angle to said rear portion. Inthe rear end of the body is an aperture 3, preferably elongated andthrough which a supporting-staple A may be passed and driven into thedoor to which the hasp and hook is applied. When the hasp and hook issecured to the door by said staple, the rear portion of the body 1occupies a vertical position, while the forward portion of said bodyoccupies a horizontal position. The forward portion of the body 1 isbent at right angle to the horizontal portion of the body to provide atongue 4, that is provided at the point of bending with notches 5, eX-tending inwardly from the sides of said tongue. When the tongue 4 ispassed through a receiving-staple B, as shown in the drawings, the notch5 at the outermost side of the tongue 4 receives the staple B, therebyproducing an engagement between said members to prevent the accidentaldislodgment of the hasp and hook from the receiving-staple when thedevice is used simply as a hook. A notch 5 is provided at each side ofthe tongue 4 for the purpose of rendering the device applicable to adoor hung at either its right-hand or left-hand side. In the tongue 4 isan eye 6, that is adapted to receive the bow of a padlock, as seen indotted lines in Fig. I, and through the medium of which the hasp andhook may be securely held to the receiving-staple, through which thetongue is passed.

1 I claim as my invention- 1. A combined hasp and hook consisting of abody and a hook portion; said hook por tion being bent at right anglesto the body and being twisted to substantially a quarterturn,substantially as set forth.

2. A combined hasp and hook consisting of a body and a hook portiontwisted into a plane at right angles to the axis of said body andprovided with an aperture, substantially as set forth.

3. A combined hasp and hook consisting of a body, and a tongue saidtongue being provided with a notch at each of its sides, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

4. A combined hasp and hook consisting of a body, and a tongue; saidtongue being provided with a notch at each of its sides and having aneye therein, substantially as set forth.

5. A combined hasp and hook consisting of a body having its forwardportion twisted to a position at right angles to its rear portion, andhaving a tongue at its forward end bent at right angles to its forwardportion and provided at each side with a notch, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

THEODORE E. OREOELIUS.

